The editor of the Sri Lankan newspaper The Sunday Leader, Frederica Jansz, has received death threats related to her work as a journalist, the Colombo Telegraph reported on Friday. Jansz reportedly received a letter at her home address threatening her with extreme violence, and adding that she would “not be spared”. The letter, which is […]

Reciprocation. The word means “a mutual giving and receiving” as defined by Dictionary.com. It is also the word that best defines the sentiment behind a recent bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on September 11. The Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 (H.R. 2899), introduced by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California, is intended to […]

The Abuja bureau chief of the Nigerian Daily Times was harassed by police officers in the capital Abuja on Wednesday, the newspaper reported on its website. Michaela Moye was reportedly filming the demolition of “illegal” buildings when she was chased from the scene by members of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), the Daily Times […]

Unknown assailants armed with hand grenades bombed the Radio Galkayo station in Galkayo, Puntland on 18 October, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists in the self-governing region, which is officially a part of Somalia. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reports that the bomb was thrown from the back fence of […]